The Nigeria Army in Rivers say it has commenced its recruitment campaign to woo indigent youths from the state to join the army.

It said both Rivers and Delta indigenes had the lowest representation in recent recruitments in the army.[/b]p

[b]Brig.-Gen. Timi Mackintosh, Team Leader, Department of Administration, Sensitisation and Advertisement, Nigeria Army 86 Intake, said this at a meeting with the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) in Rivers, Tammy Danagogo in Port Harcourt on Wednesday.

He said the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, worried by the low representation of Rivers indigenes in the army, sent his team to encourage them to join the service.

“So, Rivers and Delta states in the South South, particularly, Rivers are lacking when it comes to recruitment into the Nigerian Army.

“For 84 and 85 regular intakes, Rivers state in particular did not make up to 60 per cent of its own quota.

“So, the COAS deemed it fit that we should visit you (Danagogo) to assist us speak to indigenes to join the army,” he said.

Mackintosh said the army would take care of those willing to join the service in the area of academics, and medical, among others.

“Our minimum requirement is four credits. However, there are people especially in the lower cadre who joined the military with four credits, but today they are going for their PhD and Masters.

“They achieved this because the army sent them to school.

“Some people might feel that they cannot make it into the army because they don’t know anybody, but the truth is that you don’t need to know anyone to join.

“Candidates just have to meet the basic criteria which includes being a Nigerian; proof they are Rivers indigenes, and physically, medically and psychologically fit, among others to join,” he said.

Also speaking, Danagogo commended the army for its interest in recruiting Rivers people into the service and called on the youth to come out in their numbers to join them.

He said the state government would immediately start sensitisation campaign to encourage the people to join the ongoing army recruitment.

The SSG attributed the low turnout of the people in the recruitment exercises over the years to ignorance and lack of information.

“As a government, we look forward to every avenue to empower and gainfully employ our people.

“The military is one of the elite groups that every government and father would want his children to belong to, and so, we will tell our people.

“One area we feel that we are being marginalised is in the enrolment of our citizens into the Nigeria Defence Academy (NDA) to become officers,” he said.

Danagogo pleaded with the army hierarchy to provide opportunities for its indigenes to join the NDA as well as notify the state government when such opportunities arise.

Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/10/recruitment-army-woos-rivers-delta-indigenes-to-join-military/

While Yoruba and northern Muslims share the jobs in NNPC, NLNG and PEF, the best you can offer them is to come and join the army so that Boko Haram will use them for suya. There is God oh

Interesting...

SoNature:
While Yoruba and northern Muslims share the jobs in NNPC, NLNG and PET, the best you can offer them is to come and join the army so that Boko Haram will use them for suya. There is God oh

Still waiting for BAT/BAAT military feeding formula.

Neckpresser101:


Agbado

90dbest:
Tinubu should recruit his kingsmen and feed them agbado cassava.

Wittyness.

Nigeria soldiers are terrorists like Hamas.






All of them.

In 10-25 years time, their people will scream they are marginalize

SoNature:
While Yoruba and northern Muslims share the jobs in NNPC, NLNG and PET, the best you can offer them is to come and join the army so that Boko Haram will use them for suya. There is God oh

Don't mind them, if it were nnpc and nlng jobs they will not beg us. Mtcheeew!

wittywriter:
Interesting...

Still waiting for BAT/BAAT military feeding formula.


Wittyness.

Agbado

Niger deltans are natural born soldiers already..

Meself as a core rivers man, if you like carry army reach my leg, I go just comot my leg.
What's the essence of been one? When I can work my a$$ off and be a billionaire.

OVB123:
Don't mind them, if it were nnpc and nlng jobs they will not beg us. Mtcheeew!

Enuff said.

Show us the full list

They are running away from your agbado

Of wat use is it when you can repair their refinery and employ them to work there rather than sending them to boko Haram camps

Who wnt die?

Tinubu should recruit his kingsmen and feed them agbado cassava.

Who wan die?

Ikaeniyan0:
In 10-25 years time, their people will scream they are marginalize

Marginalized with what? Do they tell you they don't meet their quota in NDA?

I'm sure you don't know the difference even

SoNature:
While Yoruba and northern Muslims share the jobs in NNPC, NLNG and PEF, the best you can offer them is to come and join the army so that Boko Haram will use them for suya. There is God oh

As in eh... So that they will send them to North East to be killed like chicken.

They should dish out the death rate in the military by states you will discover South has more causalities

mrvitalis:

Marginalized with what? Do they tell you they don't meet their quota in NDA?

I'm sure you don't know the difference even

Is the military made up of officers from the NDA alone?

Have a relative who wanted to enlist into the Nigeria Army, family meetings on top im head...he was told to go to Aba to go learn leather works while studying part time as dem no born pikin whey terrorists and bandits go waste.

We

SoNature:


Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/10/recruitment-army-woos-rivers-delta-indigenes-to-join-military/

The Nigeria Army in Rivers say it has commenced its recruitment campaign to woo indigent youths from the state to join the army.

Indigent youths in what sense? Why are they targeting indigent youths? Are you sure that is what they mean?

porka:



Indigent youths in what sense? Why are they targeting indigent youths? Are you sure that is what they mean?

I didn't change anything. Check the source. It's probably an error from them. It's possible they mean young indigenes.

Ikaeniyan0:
Is the military made up of officers from the NDA alone?

Yes commissioned officers are only from NDA

Who cares about warrant officers

Thiefņubu keeps appointing his Yoruba kinsmen into juicy federal jobs while abandoning other southern regions.

Suddenly, they remember other southern regions because they need people to kill in Boko Haram war.

My advice to Delta and Rivers, fill up your NDA quota but leave the junior ranks for Thiefņubu. Let the tribalist president recruit his kinsmen as usual.
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Nothern elites control and share 90% of niger delta oils blocks (both onshore and offshore) but all they have to offer is for them to join a criminal organisation controlled by this same northern cabals with about 80% of their people in the army. Joining the nigerian army organisation is like joining a hardline terrorist organisation like hamas or hezbollah. Why not offer massive employment for them in the oil and gas sector? Awon eleribu dede.

mrvitalis:

Yes commissioned officers are only from NDA

Who cares about warrant officers

Ignorant people like you won't care about it cause you don't know they have a role to play.

Y Dem go join wen e be say, Dem go either disqualify Dem after screening... Or send Dem home after training, thus replacing them with someone else.

Dem don tire for d system.

SpatialKing:


As in eh... So that they will send them to North East to be killed like chicken.

They should dish out the death rate in the military by states you will discover South has more causalities

Exactly

That is very smart of them... There is no NA.... We only ethnic armies...

It Northern Army under Buhari
It is Western Army under Tinubu

Every geopolitical zone should have their army

chiagozien:
Nigeria soldiers are terrorists like Hamas.






All of them.

Not true. I get bro for army. Him no be terrorist o